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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N5279B

N5279B is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20 built in 1957. The FAA cancelled the registration on April 8, 2013. The last status on file was "registration expired, pending cancellation".

Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20 cancelled April 8, 2013

Serial number
1142
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
Year built
1957
Last status
Registration expired, pending cancellation
Certificate issued
September 23, 1986
Last FAA action
September 9, 1989
Last owner
Brown Rory Lee (Individual)
Phoenix, AZ
Airworthiness
Standard

NTSB accident and incident record under N5279B

DEN88FA115Accident on May 28, 1988 at Jamestown, CO: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mooney M20 · serial 1142

A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site